Heartbreak Ridge (1986) quotes

Cast
Clint Eastwood.
Marsha Mason.
Everett McGill.

Hard-nosed, hard-living Marine Gunnery Sergeant Tom Highway (Clint Eastwood) clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.

Gunny, I’m afraid of heights.
– Swede Johanson
So am I.
– Highway
You are?
– Swede Johanson
Jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft is not a natural act. So let’s do it right, enjoy the view. Come on.
– Highway

Major Powers and I are building an e-lite company of fighting men.
– Sergeant Webster
The only thing you could build, Webster… is a good case of hemorrhoids.
– Highway

I don’t like soldier boys.
– Jail Binger
Say what?
– Highway
If you wanna pop that puppy’s can you don’t have to grease him so hard, jarhead.
– Jail Binger
Well, it sounds like you’re a man of experience.
– Highway
What the hell’s that supposed to mean, grunge shit.
– Jail Binger
It means: Be advised. I’m mean, nasty and tired. I eat concertina wire and piss napalm and I can put a round in a flea’s ass at 200 meters. So why don’t you go hump somebody else’s leg, mutt face, before I push yours in.
– Highway
Ain’t gonna be so smart with your balls stuffed in your mouth, jarhead!
– Jail Binger
Hang on to this, boy. I think war’s just been declared.
– Highway

Here’s to J.J. and all the pieces of him we couldn’t find.
– Choozoo

Just because we’re holding hands doesn’t mean we’ll be taking warm showers together until the wee hours of the morning.
– Highway

You know one of these days you’ll be puking blood in some alley and you’re going to look up and see me standing there!
– Reese
Keep dreaming, shitball!
– Highway
You’re going to pay full price Rummy! I don’t give no serviceman’s discount!
– Reese
That’s too bad, your old lady does.
– Highway

I can’t fix it if I don’t know what’s broken.
– Highway

This is the AK-47 assault rifle, the preferred weapon of your enemy; and it makes a distinctive sound when fired at you, so remember it.
– Highway

Why don’t I bend you over the table there… send you home with the “I just pumped the neighbor’s cat” look on your face.
– Highway

I’m gonna rip yer head off and shit down yer neck.
– Swede Johanson

All right, you devil dogs, let’s take that fuckin’ hill!
– Lieutenant M.R. Ring

I wish I was back in New Jersey, man, watching the Flintstones!
– Corporal ‘Stitch’ Jones